Parks College’s Aerospace, Biomedical, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering programs have been fully reaccredited by ABET﻿. Additionally, with its first graduating class in 2011, the computer engineering program received its initial accreditation﻿.

The Missouri Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Pi was installed at Saint Louis University on March 23, 2013. Tau Beta Pi is the oldest engineering honor society in the United States and the second oldest collegiate honor society in America.﻿ ﻿The new Epsilon chapter at SLU is comprised of thirty-seven undergraduate students and six alums.﻿﻿

National Engineers Week (E-Week) celebrates the positive contributions engineers make to society and is a catalyst for outreach across the country to kids and adults alike. Engineers Week is part of many corporate and government cultures and is celebrated on every U.S. engineering college campus. ﻿

SLU’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, was selected along with three other universities to provide a SUAS prototype to the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS), a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence (COE) led by The University of Arizona. ﻿

The Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Saint Louis University’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology received three awards at the annual holiday socials held on December 1, 2012. The event was sponsored by the IEEE St. Louis section and is a tradition where the best of the best are recognized for outstanding talent in their profession. ﻿

Ten Parks College students earned 2012-2013 scholarships in the Boeing Opportunity for Leadership Development (BOLD) program. BOLD scholarships are presented to students who maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2; major in either business, engineering, mathematics or computer science; and declare a secondary major, minor or certificate in another of those four areas.

The Henry Luce Foundation, through the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program, has awarded Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology $127,192 to support two fellowships for graduate women in engineering. The University will provide an additional $68,000 toward costs, bringing the total offered to $195,192 over two years for two outstanding women to pursue doctoral degrees in engineering fields.

Saint Louis University students in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Parks College won first and third place at the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers﻿ (IEEE) St. Louis Section Black Box competition